Young Jeezy Graces XXL‘s September Cover

Jeezy and Foxy Brown posed for split anniversary covers for last year. In the cover story, Mr. 17.5 discusses his upcoming album, his feuds with DJ Drama and Gucci Mane and taking it back to the trap.

Additionally, in celebration of its 12th year, XXL spoke to 50 Cent, Juvenile, Nelly, Fat Joe, Common, Damon Dash and Baby, among others, about their favorite XXL covers and some of the mag’s greatest moments.

The issue also includes a feature on the death of the super-producer and Shakur, the lead girl in Drake’s “Best I Ever Had” video, appears in Eye Candy.

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Of course…why would you put Slaughterhouse on the cover? Your fan base is clamoring for it. I guess I missed it that the world is begging for ANOTHER Jeezy cover.

FAIL.

NAWLEDGE

Why put Slaughterhouse? They’re only the most talented rap group we’ve had in the past 10 fucking years. That doesn’t deserve a cover!

And why listen to fans? Just ignore us and put yet ANOTHER over the top “gansterism” cover. All we ever do is contribute our hard earned dollars to the magazine.

EPIC FAIL

http://XXLMAG Ellio

ummmm real talk, all this shit about Slaughterhouse is well….dumb. ya’ll wanna talk about people deserving a cover, well hopefully we can get J. Cole on the cover soon. J. Cole is better than all of Slaughterhouse.

J. Cole is the future not a bunch of battle rappers that been in the game too long and still haven’t blown up. i just call it how it is

Ron

Ellio, never speak on hip hop again.

RiZob

your average hip-hop fan doesnt even kno Slauterhouse exist…only “the online community” kno of them….if your girl…a simple rule, if your girl knos nothing about them, then they are not popular enough for any cover….sad…but real talk nonetheless…

Kingsley

Slaughterhouse, I’ll excuse you for that veil of ignorance. They need to sell some records before they can be granted covers.

Curtis75Black

@Kingsley

They need to get the exposure, so they can sell records. Exposure outside of Internet blogs and leaked tracks !! What the Hell is Jeezy gonna talk about that we don’t even know right now. His beef with Gucci? Another wack trap rapper !! This magazine is (and I’m going on the ledge here) the last of a dying breed and if they don’t start respecting Hip Hopfpr what it is and not what it portrays, it’s just gonna be another VIBE in 6 months!!

Kingsley

A XXL cover will not sell you records, look at the Hood 2 Hood cover how many units will they sell. Jeezy has an album currently in the works< what will Slaughterhouse have to discuss, but a album that won’t even see Rick Ross first week numbers. Even though I hate to say it you need more than skills on the mic to sell records, if these guys were so talented why cant cant they didn’t their previous labels want them.

romil

Cmon yall know what it is. They give the cover to whoever is putting out that dough. Slaughterhouse gotta get some paper up…

PoliTRICKS

This is bullshit. We.Want.Slaughterhouse

Fuck XXL until SLaughtherhouse gets a cover. I aint buying shit, these last 2 covers have been BULLSHIT.

What the f*ck is jeezy doing thats relevant to anything right now? what is he gonna talk about his album that came out last year? xxl are morons for this, first the fuckin retards of the rap game now another jeezy cover.. smh. everyone knows slaughterhouse deserves it

Curtis75Black

I guess this will be another magazine I’ll stop supporting !! Constantly on some Bullshit !! I 2nd that Pierzy .

Geo

Drake needs to get the cover.

El Tico Loco

If they give Drake a cover Kingsley’s argument wouldn’t be valid at all.

Curtis75Black

I guess I have another magazine I’ll stop supporting, constantly on some BullShit!! I 2nd that Pierzy.

http://rickroll.com Sketch001

What the f*ck is jeezy doing thats relevant to anything right now? what is he gonna talk about his album that came out last year? xxl are morons for this, first the fukin retards of the rap game now another jeezy cover.. smh

Prophit

fucking retarded…young who????? every old dirty nigga is young now…biggest mistake ever not putting slaughterhouse on the cover…someone needs to be fired

Another list of hatin ass comments!!! LMAO!! YYYYYEEEEEAAAHHHH!!! Jeezy is on the way. Haters get to work!!

FLOSS

Good look for Jeezy im glad that boy still going hard and fuck weak ass OJ and Gucci them niggas is bottom feeders who should be on the coner reading they nursery rhymes to each other. “Gucci Gucci , Gucci love Coochie” get the fuck outta here wit that.

David HussleSoft

Clearly a lot people have lost touch with reality. I like SlaughterHouse and I would want them to have the cover but lets be serious the average music listener does not know who the fuck they are. XXL has to move units to stay open nobody is gonna pick up a SlaughterHouse cover except for niggaz on the net,and most the internet niggaz dont leave there computer screen enough to pick up a mag. Thats just the reality of the situation. If you really want SlaughterHouse to get the cover by 3 copies of their album and convince people that normally would not the buy album to go cop it. Until then I will be waiting for that 50/Jay-Z double cover in October you know its comin right lol

David HussleSoft cuz I stay on Ye watch lol

General

XXL is killin me with this cover shit. We all been askin for the SlaughterHouse cover, but I honestly never expected to see one. I think people got legitimate arguments that SlaughterHouse has to prove something, but at the same time how the fuck you put Gucci Mane and Oj on a cover??? (Pauses waiting for Detroit’s response hatin on Buddens and givin love to Gucci)…..

It would just be nice to see the fans input actually taken into consideration from time to time on your covers, but again, at the end of the day we know its all about what label is puttin up the bread to get their artist on the cover instead of actually covering the artists fans want to see…

XXL is just one more arm of the PR wing of the major labels, which equals fail for the fans…

http://www.myspace.com/crunkatlantamusic Crunkatlanta

Yeah , I love it !!! Dat nigga Jezz on tha cover . Slaughterhouse ……kool in all their first album ain’t out yet . maybe the first of the year they can get a cover in March 2010. But yall add ah nigga on the SPACE Crunkatlanta

YALL BOYS ARE MISSING SUMP’N EVEN MORE INTERESTING THAN JEEZY’S AVERAGE ASS, THEY GOT DAME DASH IN THIS ISSUE…..HUH????????(IM LOOKIN VERY DUMBFOUNDED RIGHT NOW).

http://xxl.mag.com RICO

Thank you XXL for this cover. The streets need to know when is that TM:103 is dropping & is Jeezy taking it baCC to that good ol’ Trapping days. Thanks again XXL. I can’t wait.

kevin

@ vhing

do you understand that almost ALL white people like young jeezy? at least between the age of 17-30? some might like slaughterhouse, as i do, but better believe that we all get wild to jeezy. it’s just that kind of music.

vhingrhamesonyo’momma

I ain’t alkin bout trailor trash and wigga’s!

loik

fuck slaughterhouse

David HussleSoft

If XXL put SlaughterHouse on the cover the mag would not move units lets be serious. You might not want to here that but its the truth. The average music listener does not know who SlaughterHouse is. I like slaughterhouse but outside of the internets nobody fucks with them like that. And if your honest with yourself you have to admit thats the truth. Not to mention I doubt that anybody on here has bought a XXL mag in months obviously XXl is trying to cater to you cuz you dont cop the mag anyway. If you want SlaughterHouse to get the cover cop multiple copies of the album the only they gettin the cover is if they move units. Until then I will be waiting for that 50 cent Jay-z double cover in Oct

I was really hoping for a Slaughterhouse blow out joint. This is a Big FAIL for XXL MAG. If it were slaughterhouse it would’ve been the first magazine I bought in years

BeerGangsta

Hot ATL! I am here right know looking at all this Black Azz! Jeezy is cool all thou I am a LA West Coast Riders. XXL it’s about time ya’ll put somebody on the cover different this time. XXL is overrated sometimes.

the R&B issue wasn’t bad, but who needs to know what fat joe and 50 cent’s favorite eminem record is? (june)

slughterhouse is pure talent, listen to the fans

http://youtube.com/federalranga Federal Ranga

Commission!

Damn, why everybody so pissed about the cover, yo? Ok… I don’t even think it’s the fact that Jeezy’s on the cover… could all ya’ll possibly want a Slaughterhouse cover THAT much?

I’m not hatin, I just want an answer. Everybody on this site is saying Slaughterhouse is the hottest thing going right now. Hottest thing out = cover. Thing is, actual subscribers to XXL (y’know, the ones whose copies actually hit their mailboxes?) beg to differ… It’s not XXL’s fault.

Once again… I’m just on the fence with this one… Clearly somebody out there can agree with me.

No Slaughterhouse well at least it wasn’t another T.I., Eminem, 50 Cent, Lil Wayne SHIT! just be glad it wasn’t Nelly.

romil

Slaughterhouse gotta put in work to get the cover. Jeezy has dropped consistent qualtiy albums. We all want slaughterhouse on the cover but it is what it is. Def Jam is paying for promotion also. lolllolllol

You guys should start your own magazine and quit bitchin about it like school girls. Seriously though… Every.Single.Post. is wannabe bloggers complaining about this, fighting about that. GO SOMEWHERE ELSE!

I’m down w Jeezy on the cover. You think a no name, no money, and no publicity group is going to bully around the biggest magazine in hip-hop? Doubtful. It’s not that they’re a bad group but most people aren’t going to buy a magazine with them on it! I wouldn’t…

The fact is, majority rules kids. Go back to economics class.

Indy

Enlightened

@ EVERYBODY WHO IS TALKING ABOUT SLAUGHTERHOUSE

Are y’all niggas serious? Some of y’all get on the internet and think this shit is actually the world.

Those niggas are not famous in the real world. Nobody knows them unless you get on the internet. NEWSFLASH: MOST OF THE HOOD IS STILL NOT ON THE INTERNET. Just because xxlmag.com fans are begging for them, does not mean other people want to see them.

Go ask your girlfriend, or your sister, who Joe Budden, Crooked, Joell Ortiz or Royce is. Unless they are from New Jersey, Long Beach, Brooklyn, or Detroit, then you will hear crickets nigga. Ok then.

This shit is a business. Stop playin

Curtis75Black

@Enlightened,

The XXL mag is not just in the United States and Hip Hop is worldwide and if you think that just because we talk about them everyday, no one else on the world is, you are crazy !! Don’t think just because they haven’t dropped a cd, no one is talking other than us. Overseas gives more love to our emcee’s and Culture than we do. SlaughterHouse needs the exposure to get that worldwide dough, especially since the majority of ya’ll USA fans will just download the cd and blame it on the other person for not supporting.

Fuck Slaughterhouse

yall faggot ass underground dick suckin nerds are funny, stop bitchin that some un heard of group didnt land the cover instead of a multi platinum star, aint a good business move, get a tampex you fuckin pms-ing bitches

Knowledgeable

XXL is on the wrong side of history on this one. Slaughterhouse hasn’t blown up yet, but if they were to get the right exposure, they would.

XXL blew a chance to play a significant role in the evolving hip-hop culture. Rather than be trendsetters, the mag decided to play it safe with a run of the mill young jeezy cover. They’re missing out on actually doing something special.

http://tonygrands.blogspot.com Tony Grand$

Some of y’all cats make some very good points.

I understand why they chose a Jeezy cover; politics, finance, relevance (yes he is, over-all). It makes sense that you put someone on there who is a stable fixture in the music. Not to mention, I’m almost positive he has an album dropping soon or something. We all may not think he’s the illest rap dude (which, by all standards, HE IS NOT!), but he’s been around for quite some time. & unless Gucci has something to do with it, he ain’t going anywhere.

I also understand why SH isn’t on the cover. The flip side of that, though, is that a cover would almost certainly give them a needed boost in the publicity department. But, in a day where print media isn’t able to be so liberal with giving artists’ shine, it makes sense. Granted, if/when SlaughterHouse becomes a more viable commodity (ie selling mags just because they’re on the cover), of course they’d be on more covers & cover stories. I guess for all the dues they paid respectively, now they are starting from scratch, paying dues collectively. In comparison to the industry right now, SH should most definitely get the cover, & any other still-breathing mags to celebrate the album release. But, realistically, it’s not the time. EPMD said it best, “Business Never Personal”.

Give them some time. They’ll get the cover when its supposed to happen. They can always be all over JoeBuddenTv in the meantime.

SO JOE BUDDEN TV HAVING 36 MILLION HITS LAST MONTH MEANS ONLY THE INTERNET LOVES THEM? ? RADIO INTERVIEWS ETC SHOW THEY GET LOVE..A COVER WOULD JUST BROADEN THEIR AUDIENCE

Arrogant_Al

its funny and disgusting at the same time that everyone that clicked on this shit…actually were slaughterhouse dick riders…and on top of that took the time out to type out big ass paragraph’s about how XXL is wack and blah, blah,..maybe im wrong? but when has jeezy NOT put out a banging ass album from front to back? when has jeezy ever gave you a a cd with some wack ass beats and production on it? when have you ever heard a jeezy joint and not bop your head to it cus it was just that nice?

why is everything about one fucking group?….if these niggas aint between the ages of 16 -19 suburban kids i just don’t know….if u dont like the cover don’t buy it..

ummmm real talk, all this shit about Slaughterhouse is well….dumb. ya’ll wanna talk about people deserving a cover, well hopefully we can get J. Cole on the cover soon. J. Cole is better than all of Slaughterhouse.

J. Cole is the future not a bunch of battle rappers that been in the game too long and still haven’t blown up. i just call it how it is

http://XXLMag Ellio

oh yeah, i forgot……GO JEEZY!!!!!!!!!!
he may not be the best lyricist, but he’s real and makes you feel every word he sayin. not alot of rappers can do that

vhingrhamesonyo’momma

FUCK J.COLE!! THAT NIGGA’S A ROC NATION TAX WRITE_OFF!!

http://xxlmag.com yogi22

Jeezy that nigga.On TM101 he made u feel like he was the 1st real nigga to rap on a track it made u just wanna get that cake no matter what ur job was

Ahh You Motherfuckers, OK, Alright. I’m Putting Complaints On All You Bitches. You Think You Can Do This Shit, Jeezy?! You Think You Can Do This To Me?! You Motherfuckers Will Be Eating Out Of A Dump By The Bay, When I Get Finished With You! Slaughter! House! Nigga! I’m Keeping My Wallet On Lockdown, I’m The Fan Up In This Peace! You’ll Never See My Money, Who The Fuck You Think You Fuckin’ With! I’m The Customer, I Run Shit Here, You Just Work Here!

King Kong Ain’t Got Shit On The Commission!

http://tonygrands.blogspot.com Tony Grand$

LMAO @ the Training Day reference. Good shit!

3 points.

$ykotic

Sleepy good sh*t!

Master Cheef

I like jeezy and aint bitching that slaughterhouse didn’t get the cover, but slaughterhouse should get a cover at some point. the fans are demanding it and they could be huge with the right exposure.

to everyone who says they havent earned it by putting out good albums, explain the freshman 10 issue they force fed us for months.

http://xxl new york

WHO THE FUCK IS SLAUGHTERHOUSE?…I KNOW A BUNCH OF WACK ASS NIGGAS LOL

http://xxlmag.com LeroyLove

When you put out a classic such as, “My President is BlacK” you deserve a cover. I can’t think of nan hit that Crooked, Royce, Buddens or Ortiz has put out individually that could be labeled a classic. Slaughterhouse may be the future of rap, but we living for right now..Personally I would have preferred having Dr.Dre on their to explain where the fuck is Detox and why it’s taking so long, but thats me. Don’t hate,

$ykotic

Now…

1. Slaughterhouse hasn’t been on the cover YET. So how can someone say they won’t sell if it’s never been tried or done?

2. Face it. The internet is the future. If you’re still stuck on the block it’s your fault. Goons are on the ‘net all day. They’re called HACKERS.
Just look @ Boo Boo TV. Pics of a cyber-goon. All races and genders. This ain’t nerd dominated anymore.

3.”to everyone who says they havent earned it by putting out good albums, explain the freshman 10 issue they force fed us for months.”

My man Cheef. ‘Nuff said”.

4. DEF JAM. Remember they lost Jay’s project? I ain’t even mad Jeezy’s up to bat.

5. WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE ALTERNATE COVERS? Sh*t XXL is like the Last of The Mohicans of hip hop print. I thought this comment sh*t was to stay interactive with the masses.

And dudes take their time out to shout. Last time I saw Cam got a plaque from XXL. BZZZZZ!

lunarblackstar

yall internet wannabe gangstas need to eat a dick man im sooo tired of yall niggas talkin all tough and shit look real niggas know that real hip hop needs to be on that fuckin cover and right now thats got to be slaughterhouse im not hatin on jeezy at all i fucks wit jeezy i fucks wit a lot of south niggas but right know the game is hurtin and me being a hip hop purist but not a hater would love for some of this realness to step up come on xxl give the people something real!

CJ

Shout out to XXL, this cover is hard fuck ya if you think otherwise. Slaughterhouse this Slaughterhouse that, YOUNG has the cover so sit down. You see the chain, Thug Motivation 103 coming soon. Be on the lookout for that upcoming DJ Scream/Young Jeezy tape ‘I’m On My Way’.

So…How’s Your Girl?

Yawn..Don’t care. They should use the anniversary issue as a study to show how DOPE XXL used to be and to where they’re at now. And as for all this talk of Slaughter House, WHO THE F**K CARES!??! They don’t even have one I repeat ONE classic single worth listening to. Even that wack ass Asher Roth got a single that’s considered classic. I know he’s doo-doo but at least that college song was half way decent. You want a supergroup?? What about Tribe, Wu, Def Squad, Dogg Pound, etc..?? Now THOSE are Supergroups!

JpDaKid

Hip Hop on a Higher Level my ass..
Slaughterhouse shoulda been on the cover
Ya’ll are supposed to be trend setters…

But from what I hear, The Source beat ya’ll to the punch…let me find out someone is making a comeback

bos maccc

jeezy is one of yhe only niggas still repping the street. yall weak as niggas loving these commercial degrassi as niggas like drake. fuck that i want to hear rappers talk about the streets grind and hustle that a nigga can relate to

I’ve heard the argument made that the Freshman 10 was also a group of people that XXL passed along who were relatively unknown. Well the difference is that the Freshman were people who hadn’t had there big shot yet and were on the bubble. Slaughterhouse however, has had their chances individually and have, so far, failed in their own matters. Which is why they joined up like Voltron to crush the competition. Won’t happen…Promise.

Hell yeah Jeezy got the cover. Fuck Slaughterhouse with their B Side songs

shaty

who the fuck is Slaughterhouse

Detroit Ice

only the best rap group to come out in the past 10 years, the only question is who the fuck is you lame ass nigga

D Sizzo

man fuck dese hoe ass xxl mag niggas, slaughterhouse should have got the cover, jeezy cool but come on, slaughterhouse need the exposure and more people are on the net than not so it for sure would sell. only niggas who hating on slaughterhouse are dumb south niggas who retarted anyway

shaty

I dont know anyone who as ever heard of slaughterhouse and fuck jeezy gucci the fucken mane

ranrice

Where the fu(k is the slaughterhouse cover!, yall stupid

Rekboogie

I been coppin xxl from day one with the jigga and too short covers I got all the mags no subscriptions need. I do feel the campaign for Slaughterhouse on the cover, I could see a Nipsey hussle, Drake, Pac Div, real mc’s putting in down and getting it in. You could also do a cover the rapper BIG pooh or Krs & Buckshot they got a fresh project coming out. XXL need to do some real re-examination on what is hip hop on a higher level not lower standards to kiss some soon to be extinct labels ass..real talk. Jeezy’s 1st album was hot that was it,everything else was left overs and i was there with BMF “Blu” hold ya head..Big Meech..Maintain. But I think all these mags will fade out anyways. The source will go next year also. The Internet killed everything for these corperate leeches It is now time for the independant hustlers to get it poppin. Oh why not be real and put raekwon and ghost MFQL pt2.

NOTORIOUSAGC

what is slaughterhouse ???
is it a horror movie?
lol.

CLEVER

Ok, Now I see all these so-called devoted Fans for SlaughterHouse,…..Lets see how devoted you are when their Album Drops??? You want them on the Cover, but will you Purchase Their Album???…….

cly

fuck all the haters jeezy is the motherfukin truth world wide realshit just listen

JEEZY IS THE BEST RAPPER ALIVE..FUCK THE REST!! WHEN I SAW THIS MAG COVER AS HIS DEFAULT ON MYSPACE I WENT TO 3 DIFF STORES LOOKIN FOR IT ONLY TO REALIZE IT WASN’T OUT YET..READY FOR AUG!!!

KeKe FTS

1st lady of CTE, I feel u on that shit. I was out looking 4 it also. I’m buying 3 of them, just because he’s on the cover. Fuck the haters, get like him. He is the muthafucking realist, gucci who? oj what? If u want 2 listen 2 a real ass rapper go cop JEEZY from the start. And Yeah, Calhoun Jeezy is a average ass nigga. That’s what make him stand out from the others, he’s down to earth. Keep it coming Jay, Im waiting on that TM:103 baby!!!

AKRON2CALI

JOE BUDDEN GO HARD,JOEL ORTIZ GO HARD,ROYCE….WHO THE FUCK IS HE,AND WTF IS SAUSAGE HOUSE,JEEZY PUTS OUT HITS,HE SELLS RECORDS,UNTIL THEN NOBODY KNOWS THEM,I HAVENT EVEN HEARD A SINGLE FROM THESE DUDES

Skep

Jay,Drake n Losso shld have made the cover cuz they r the ones bringing HIP HOP back,niggers is singing too much,they need to grow some like ma man said.D.O.A IS THE SHIT.yo Jay thanks for putting ma name on the true legends wall of the D.O.A video.ROC LA FAMILLIA….

SKEP-the only 1

TBuckey

why hate?!get money!!!

thats my motto i dont see how you gone hate on dude when he’s the realist in the game and consistently sells records.

i never even heard of Slaughterhoue until i read these comments.why would you put a bunch of no-names on the cover???that wouldn’t sell!!

boy i tell ya haters are hating to the point that it clouds common sense.

slaughterhouse needs this………..
slaughterhouse needs that……….
do u give a dollar to every bum who “needs” one?
i didnt think so. jeezy had one of the hottest mixtapes out a couple months ago (trappin aint dead), hes beefin wit dj drama, oj, and gucci, thug motivation 103 is comin soon and hes pretty much the last of a dying breed when it comes to consistency in gangster rap.
how is he not relevant?

Mark

Are the people at XXL Mag fucking retarded? They need to put SLAUGHTERHOUSE on the cover. They are more relevant right now than Jeezy who has no new things coming out.

bright ackwerh

yo, whats up xxl. i bet this is your first letter from ghana and in fact africa. i have been a fan of your mag for close to four years now( you can peep my collection from dec 2006). i just wanted to shout out and let y’all know you have fans down here too and infact the world over. i think it’ll be real dope if y’all had an illustration issue where y’all could have all your photos in art sketches or paintings. i see mike thompson has been doing great work for y’all from time to time. and in this issue artists could talk about their relationship to art cause after all art also comprises of hip hop. y’all often just feature the music aspect. rep the four elements of hip hop and the moniker hip hop on a higher level would really make sense.make sure y’all print this letter so all the ppl who been saying i been wasting my savings on the mags would be put to shame. y’all finni holla back and we could really discuss this dream issue. question…is bonsu thompson from my country cause his name sounds like it. neways y’all do good work and iam still collecting the mags. peace.